The main objective of the article is to learn how customers perceive the family nature of family businesses in the restaurant industry. An additional purpose is to assess the available for family restaurants individual channels of communicating familiness. A questionnaire survey was carried out using a research tool in the form of an internet survey. 133 respondents, selected for the sample in a non-random manner, took part in the study. The survey questionnaire was made available on social groups dedicated to gastronomy. Finally, 132 completed questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. The results of the study indicate the values associated by the respondents with the family nature of restaurants run by families, as well as the motives for feeling additional value when using their services. In addition, the results of the study show the channels of communicating the familiness preferred by the participants of the study, available for family restaurants. Due to the non-random selection of respondents to the sample in the conducted survey, the survey results cannot be treated as representative. The predominance of people aged 18-26 participating in the study could also have influenced the distortion of the study results. The conclusions from the study may be useful for family restaurant owners, who want to emphasize and promote the family nature of their businesses. In addition, the obtained research results may inspire other researchers interested in exploring the phenomenon of family business. In the literature on the subject, can be found many studies on the subject of the image of family businesses. However, there are no sources that directly refer to the perception of family nature in the restaurant industry. The intention of this article is to fill the research gap in this field.
The aim of this study is to present regulations concerning euthanasia determined in Article 150 of the Polish Criminal Code. In the following analysis I examine statutory features of the aforementioned offence, in particular its attendant circumstances related to the issue of the legally valid request and sympathy of the perpetrator. The paper discusses the value of the evidence from court expert opinions (psychiatrist and psychologist) in view of the euthanasia perpetrator’s mental condition. The article also briefly describes the issue of legal protection of Article 150 of the Polish Criminal Code, types of euthanasia (active and passive), as well as the issue of doctors’ criminal liability. The legal dogmatic method has been applied in the study. The paper is based mainly on the analysis of relevant legislation currently in force, judicial decisions and the opinions of the sciences of criminal law representatives. The empirical study conducted as a case study is based on case no. 5 Ds. 23/12 PR w L. r. I also briefly present analysis results of the interview with Igor Tuleya (Judge of the District Court in Warsaw) conducted on 28th October 2016. The study has been carried out based on the legal status as of 1st October 2016.
In the process of recruitment, gender is one of the major categorization – which cannot be omitted or escaped (Eagly and Carli, 2006). Studies show (see Eagly, Carli, Schein, Heilman) that women tend to be evaluated less favorably in comparison to men when being recruited. Even in experiments where both candidates own exact skills and knowledge (see Moss-Racusin et al., 2012; Flynn and Anderson, 2002), still there are existent discrepancies between evaluation of male and female candidates. Within the following research, author wanted to investigate whether the experience of recruiter has a significant impact on assessment of a candidate with regard to candidate’s gender. In order to answer the research question, author has conducted a controlled experiment on sample of 100 participants, with equal representation of experienced (MBA students) and unexperienced recruiters (MSc students). Results indicate that still gender bias within the organization may influence the outcome of the recruitment process resulting in less favorable evaluation of female candidates, additionally, it suggests that more experienced recruiters, are less likely to be biased in this regard.
The following article is an attempt to give an answer to the question about, whether and how an entrepreneur, by making a car available to an employee, which is previously leased, is entitled to a full deduction of input Value added tax (VAT) on any related expenses. The jurisdiction on this issue is not uniform and the interpretation of article 86a sec. 1 Act on value added tax, still poses many problems. The examples of the sentences in the article, clearly and concisely define, what legal premises the entrepreneur must fulfil in order to benefit from the right to deduct VAT. By analysing them over the past few years it may also be observed that the case law does not go in the direction the entrepreneurs are expecting, so they will have to be patient and count on the Court’s favour.
The body of research on the market orientation used most representative samples from post-communist country – Poland and its small-medium enterprises sector. According to the literature review, very few studies have been conducted about effect of turbulent environment in home country and internationalisation of SMEs. Additionally, previous studies from developed countries might not be applicable to post-socialists countries, whereas entrepreneurs differ with their entrepreneurial attitudes. The research is integrative and focuses on the role of environmental turbulence caused by recent political swift in Poland. Study also focus on governmental support programmes. This study employs semi-structured interviews to gain understanding of the phenomenon. The study also benefited from input from the different Polish sectors (IT, healthcare, construction, technology), whereas sample is chosen by the most varied companies as well as leaders from the sectors in order to gain additional insights.
Aviation is one of the fastest growing branches of transport. Its special development can be observed in Asia. Despite that aviation is global, its detailed specificity in Asia is different than in Europe. The comparison of the aviation market in Asia and Europe allows not only learning differences between the two markets but also shows similarities and opportunities for better regional communication. The work discusses the concepts of transport accessibility, measures of effectiveness and competitiveness of the offer of connections between air carriers and between airports. Moreover work discusses also new orders of planes and new concepts of air connections. The work also touched problem of size of used aircraft, frequency of connections, and the impact of low-cost airlines on the quality and prices of connections on both continents. In this work, we will find out that both markets, although seemingly similar, differ greatly but the main link between them is competitiveness.
The development and popularisation of modern Information and Communication Technologies continue to have considerable impact on the functioning of a wide range of our daily life, particularly when it comes to such an important sector as healthcare. The electronic medical records, e-prescriptions or on-line medical consultations are merely a few practical application of ICT in this scope. The article shows how the process of the e-prescription is being implemented in Poland and the conditioning of the various legal and social aspects. Moreover, it challenges an analysis of legal regulations concerning functioning of the e-prescription in Poland in comparison to the solutions developed and accepted in other countries. The article uses example of the experience of e-prescription in the European Union, as well as a chosen country from outside the EU. The objective of this article is an attempt to evaluate if the solutions developed and applied in Poland are more effective and safer in comparison to those functioning in other countries, or if it would be more beneficial to explore the experience of the models in use in the analysed countries and consider to implement in Poland some aspects of these solutions.
In the age of the Internet, social media are a constant element in many people’s everyday lives. They are especially popular in the age group ranging from 18 to 24 years. Research dedicated to the phenomenon of social media focuses on the promotion of brands on this type of communication channels. Even though the topic of interactions between brands and customers in social media is sparsely broached, it is important while considering building relationships with clients. The purpose of the research conducted for this article is to show determinants and methods of young customer’s interactions with brands in social media. The research was carried out with the help of an online survey, created as an example of a quantitative method of analysis. The questionnaire was filled out by 125 respondents in November 2018. Non-probability convenience sampling was applied as a sampling methodology. From all respondents 115 individuals met the terms of this research – young people (18–24) using social media. Findings presented in this article show the most popular methods of interaction between brands and customers used on specific social media platforms, as well as negative attributes of brand’s social media profiles that discourage other users from engaging in interactions. In addition, research conducted for this article shows reasons for following brand’s activity in social media.
The aim of this study was to identify and characterize the phenomenon of anthropomorphization. The research group included 30 children and 30 adults who visited a Copernicus Science Center and had interaction with RoboThespian. RoboThespian is a humanoid robot that is programmed to do everything that has been chosen by users on a special operator’s panel. RoboThespian is able to nod, speak, gesticulate and express feelings. A research technique was a non-participation observation. A researcher watched participants with no taking an active part. The differences between children and adults concern communication with the robot and giving it name. Children gave the robot a name, asked questions and waited for the answer, as well as expressed their feelings to the robot such as happiness or anger. This can indicate assigning the robot consciousness and free will. Among adults, there was no tendency to give the robot names, ask questions aiming to obtain an information or describing feeling due to robot. In order to deepen the knowledge about anthropomorphization, a second study was carried out by the researcher. The data aggregation method was a questionnaire. In research was used a 14-position scale that described three types of features: positive, negative and behavioral. Differences between children and adults were observed in features such as tactful and creative. The tendency of anthropomorphization may indicate a greater openness on cooperation with robots.